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It's Curtains Mods ([personal profile] stagemanagers) wrote in [community profile] itscurtains2016-10-22 12:25 pm
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First Trial

[Just as everyone is starting to finish their investigations, there's a slow ominous sound from the lobby.

The gilded doors on the northern wall have opened.

This time, the space behind them is lit; you're free to enter. There's one more set of doors to pass through, and then you're all, finally, in the House. There's one grand chandelier above, glittering crystal, and the seats around you are made of fine red velvet. Those don't seem to be for you, though - all the way down in front of the stage, where the orchestra might sit, there's a circle of wooden podiums. They're arranged so that everyone can face each other, and are fixed into place. Each one bears a metal plaque with a cast member's name engraved on it. There's also a metal panel on top, with twenty ivory buttons paired to everyone's name.

Among these, only Jean Valjean's podium is different - that one is draped in black crepe, with a larger greyscale version of his headshot from the playbill framed and sitting at its foot like a funerary portrait. Standing where he might have stood, a bare lightbulb glows faintly atop a metal pole.

Right here, you're very close to the stage. But the curtain is closed, and it's a little too high to easily clamber up. You may not want to try. You've got more important business right now, after all.

As everyone is finding their places, the Balladeer's voice suddenly sounds loud and clear throughout the space.]


Okay, guys, here's how we do trial. I've...never actually been involved in something like this before, but you can do it. Just take all the time you need to talk it out - I'll be right here the whole time. You don't need a unanimous vote, we go by majority rule.

Oh, and don't mess with those buttons until you're really ready to vote. You won't be able to take it back.

...good luck.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (phase out my heart and you will see)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
The- ah... [She nods, slowly.]

The Demise Game. What happens when you find the Bookmark of Demise. That's what I lied about.

I wanted to use the wish to save myself and my friends...because I can't remember what I used the other three wishes for, and the Paw doesn't create things. Someone has to lose something. This ribbon. [She touches it.] I thought it was a replica of B-ko-chan's...but it is B-ko-chan's.

I realized, when I saw the Paw without wishes, whatever I wished for wouldn't have worked.
rockthistown: (could we have one day without someone dr)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-23 05:15 am (UTC)(link)
Your friends back home were in danger? And you thought you had to do it alone and didn't have the power to?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i'll be the first thing you see)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
I knew I didn't. It doesn't matter now.
rockthistown: (you gotta be kidding me)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-23 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
D-ne... I know you didn't believe me, but you didn't have to. None of this is fair! Valjean-san should be here and safe, and you shouldn't die either, and everyone should just be able to trust everyone else! There really are wishes that you don't have to sacrifice for, and impossible things that you can still make come true on your own!

[She shakes her head and wipes her eyes with her sleeve.]

Why did any of this have to happen anyway?
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (Good- Good-)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
...Because the world's a terrible place?

[D-ne smiles, tears in her eyes.]

Be careful, Hime-san. I liked you very much.
rockthistown: (maybe i might have screwed up)

[personal profile] rockthistown 2016-10-23 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
[sniff]

I could've helped you. This isn't fair.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i cannot pretend)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
There's not much that is. Remember what I said. Anyone can kill for something they want bad enough. Anyone.

Keep your guard up.
robitussin: (he's immortal forever alive)

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[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-23 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
So that's it. You were going to kill all of us to do that.

[she looks hurt, vulnerable for a moment...]
robitussin: (plug me in)

[personal profile] robitussin 2016-10-23 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
[before her gaze goes cold.]

Fuck you.
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (jenny take my hand...)

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[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Similarly, she looks hurt. Crushed, honestly.]
lifegoalsorwifegoals: (i cannot pretend)

[personal profile] lifegoalsorwifegoals 2016-10-23 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
[...and then she smiles.]

I'm sorry. I'm the worst kind of person. Please, don't get involved with anyone like me again, okay?